A man was found in a car there with a gunshot wound to the head. Police initially treated the death as "unclassified" before a representative from the Orleans Parish Coroner's ruled the death a suicide, said Officer Garry Flot, an NOPD spokesman.

Flot said authorities are waiting to release the man's identity until his family could be identified. The man was found dead inside of a gold Cadillac Escalade shortly before 1 p.m. after police received a complaint through the department's regular channels. The gun believed to have been used in the shooting was found on the scene.